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Farnborough: X-47B will return to carrier for F-18 integration tests

9th July 2014 - 10:39 GMT | by Andrew White in London

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The US Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator (UCAS-D) will deploy to sea on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt in August, it has been revealed.

Speaking to Shephard ahead of the Farnborough International Airshow, Northrop Grumman’s X-47B UCAS-D programme manager, Pablo Gonzalez was unable to confirm exactly deployment dates, adding that ‘ship schedules are classified’. However, he could confirm that the deployment would be conducted in the August timeframe.

In November 2013, X-47B deployed on board the same aircraft carrier and conducted touch and go manoeuvres, flight deck handling drills, arrested landings and catapult launches. Mission operators also monitored

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